“An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.”
“What a joke! Poor little rich girl's fallen in love with the Republic's most famous criminal.”
“Dissonance is as fatal in ailments of the mind as it is in those of the body.”
“That's the story of my life rich or poor and mostly poor and truly poor.”
“The difference between rich and poor", said Francie, "is that the poor do everything with thier own hands and the rich hire hands to do things.”
“The death-knell of the republic had rung as soon as the active power became lodged in the hands of those who sought, not to do justice to all citizens, rich and poor alike, but to stand for one special class and for its interests as opposed to the interests of others.”